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Advertisement I don t think it s people hesitating or not wanting to get it. It s hard to get this stuff, two shots in a row, Ashish Jha, a physician at the Brown University School of Public
Health, said in a Tuesday teleconference. And so we ve got to be patient, and we ve got to give people more opportunities to come back and complete their second shot.
One man had difficulty scheduling a 2nd-dose appointment
Octavio Venegas told Insider his 89-year-old mother, Gladys, missed her second vaccine appointment because she was hospitalized after having a stroke and needing to treat an ulcer.
Venegas said his mother, a patient with advanced Alzheimer s, received her first
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The CDC said millions of people who got one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine are missing their second.
Some fear possible adverse reactions and others are simply unable to get the second dose.
Experts worry it will only be more difficult to achieve herd immunity if that 8% increases.
Over the weekend, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed millions of Americans who ve had their first vaccine dose against the coronavirus are not receiving their second.
Some fear adverse reactions, and others are simply unable to get the second dose.
Experts worry it could be more difficult to achieve herd immunity if that 8% increases.
Over the weekend, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed millions of Americans who ve had their first vaccine dose against the coronavirus were not receiving their second.
Many are unable to receive their second dose because of circumstances out of their control, like limited vaccine supply, scheduling issues, and access. Some are choosing to forgo their second dose because they believe they re sufficiently safe after receiving the first or they fear adverse reactions from the second.